{"id":17165,"date":"2017-03-10T14:48:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T13:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=17165"},"modified":"2017-03-10T15:05:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T14:05:49","slug":"grassroots-geotourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/03\/grassroots-geotourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Grassroots Geotourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17166 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HG-hwy-cover-226x300-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"Grassroots Geotourism\" width=\"259\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HG-hwy-cover-226x300-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HG-hwy-cover-226x300-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/HG-hwy-cover-226x300.jpg 772w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><strong><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>he Key to Rural Geotourism: The Right Person<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It only takes one spark to light a fire, and in this case the spark was Elaine Parny. She and her French husband own a small restaurant,\u00a0<em>La Galette Berrichonne,<\/em>\u00a0in the town of Fordland, Missouri (Pop. 800). And it offers savory French cuisine! In January 2015, Elaine contacted me to see if our university class could develop something for the town of Fordland.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri State University, where I teach, offered the first\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/geosciences.missouristate.edu\/Geography\/Geotourism-Track.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">degree in Geography Geotourism<\/a>\u00a0in the world, designed with input from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/explorers\/bios\/jonathan-tourtellot\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Tourtellot<\/a>, originator of the geotourism concept introduced via the National Geographic Society. We looked at the courses that we wanted students to take, courses that would help them evaluate destinations based on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/destinationcenter.org\/geotourism\/geotourism-principles\/\" target=\"_blank\">geotourism concepts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is an excerpt from an article first published by <a href=\"http:\/\/destinationcenter.org\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Destination Stewardship Center<\/i><\/a>. Read the original article here: <a href=\"http:\/\/destinationcenter.org\/2017\/02\/rural-geotourism\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Grassroots Geotourism<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Key to Rural Geotourism: The Right Person. It only takes one spark to light a fire, and in this case the spark was Elaine Parny. She and her French husband own a small restaurant, La Galette Berrichonne, in Missouri. And it offers savory French cuisine!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":17166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,287,534],"tags":[1364,1649,172,1638,1250,1650],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grassroots Geotourism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It only takes one spark to light a fire, and in this case, the spark was Elaine Parny. 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